BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Woodstock Folk Festival, Woodstock IL - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Woodstock Folk Festival, Woodstock IL
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Woodstock Folk Festival, Woodstock IL
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20190310T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20191103T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20200308T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20201101T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20210314T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20211107T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200909T193000
DTSTAMP:20200907T203920Z
CREATED:20200907T202026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200907T203920Z
UID:1745-1599678000-1599679800@woodstockfolkfestival.org
SUMMARY:Woodstock Wednesdays | Curtis & Loretta | Online Concerts | September 9\, 7pm/CDT
DESCRIPTION:Woodstock Wednesdays brings high quality music to our community. Enjoy and support performers who have worked with us over the years! Curtis and Loretta live and breathe folk music. Their music comes straight from the heart! They played at our Festival in 2006 and we are thrilled they are performing for Woodstock Wednesdays. Their music will move you! \n\n\n\nThe Video premieres HERE at 7pm/CDT Wednesday\, September 9. It will remain in our Gallery after the show if you would like to see it again or share it with others. \n\n\n\nIf you are not on our mailing list\, please sign up in the right column of our website. \n\n\n\nFeatured Performers: Curtis & Loretta\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCurtis and Loretta’s extraordinary harmonies and proficiency on a parade of stringed instruments create an alluring frame for their poignant original songs\, and traditional pieces from America and the British Isles.  \n\n\n\nThe current menagerie includes mandocello\, folk harp\, guitars\, clawhammer banjo\, ukulele\, and mandolin\, plus a bit of kazoo\, harmonica\, and shakers. Curtis’ down-home sense of humor and Loretta’s theater background engage the audience in an experience that runs the gamut of rolling with laughter to holding back tears\, with plenty of side-trips in between.  They have racked up countless miles each year\, crisscrossing the country to deliver their own unique brand of folk singer/songwriter music.  Then worldwide events changed their touring. \n\n\n\nCurtis and Loretta have had many events postponed due to Covid-19. You can visit their website curtisandloretta.com for further information on their upcoming virtual concerts: Sunday\, September 13 – Harmony House Concerts; Saturday\, September 19 – Hickory Ridge Concert; Monday\, September 28 – Missouri River Regional Library;Tuesday\, September 29 – Daniel Boone Public Library; Wednesday\, September 30 – Brookings Public Library; Thursday\, October 1 – Aberdeen Library. For even more detailed information including receiving an invitation to a Zoom concert\, you can email Loretta at loretta@curtisandloretta.com. \n\n\n\nThe duo’s perennial humor is ever present\, with songs and stories of harp players trying to get into heaven\, small spenders on first dates\, bugs\, and lutefisk!  Their years of performing and touring together have honed their comfortable stage presence to a delightful edge.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThey received Arts Tour Minnesota Grants in 2018 and 2010\, and an Artist Initiative Grant in 2015\, all from the MN State Arts Board\, and were named Best Acoustic Performers of the Twin Cities by City Pages in 2002.  They have been on the South Dakota Arts Council Touring Arts roster since 2011. Their CDs have appeared on “Top Albums of the Year” at folkradio.org\, and they’ve received several nominations for “Best Acoustic Folk Artist” for the Minnesota Music Awards.  They’ve released nine CDs\, and shared billings with such luminaries as Pete Seeger\, Arlo Guthrie\, Holly Near\, Vassar Clements\, Claudia Schmidt\, and many more!  Curtis Teague and Loretta Simonet were married (to each other!) in 1987\, and live in Minneapolis.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWHEN THERE’S GOOD TO BE DONE – Latest CD \n\n\n\nThis recording is made up of 12 songs Loretta wrote\, about real people who overcame great challenges in their lives. It’s the culmination of a year long project through an Artist Initiative grant that Loretta was awarded\, from the Minnesota State Arts Board. \n\n\n\nGuest musicians on the CD include – Peter Ostroushko on fiddle (5 cuts)\, Jacqueline Ultan on bowed cello (3 cuts)\, Sandy Njoes on stand up bass (9 cuts)\, Sherri Leyda on penny whistle (1 cut) and hand drum (1 cut)\, Chuck Leyda on mandolin (1 cut)\, and Bobb Fantauzzo on Native American style flute (1 cut). There’s also a choir of 10 wonderful women singers on the chorus of “Willmar 8.” Sandy\, Sherri\, Chuck\, Bobb and many of the “choir” will join Curtis & Loretta onstage at the Cedar on Nov 22 !  \n\n\n\nThere are detailed stories of many of the people in the songs on their blog at www.curtisandloretta/blog Go their website to read these poignant stories. These stories can bolster us all during these times! Courage and positive thinking can be contagious! \n\n\n\nDonations\n\n\n\nPlease visit curtisandloretta.com to purchase CDs\, join their email list\, and to contribute to their Virtual Tip Jar. With gigs cancelled\, performers need your support. Your donations and purchases are a powerful way to thank Curtis and Loretta for creating this Woodstock Wednesdays video. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can even start working on your Christmas shopping by purchasing Christmastide. All your favorite Christmas carols\, with beautiful harmony vocals and traditional stringed instruments\, including folk harp\, mandolin\, mandocello and guitar. Plus harmonica\, and celeste\, an 1800’s musicbox-sounding keyboard are on this CD. \n\n\n\nYou may also donate to the Festival via the Donate Button near the top of the right column on every page of this website. \n\n\n\nWe know you will enjoy Curtis and Loretta’s show! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
URL:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/event/woodstock-wednesdays-curtis-loretta/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online,Woodstock Wednesdays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CURTIS-LORETTA-GALLERY-PHOTO-SEPT-2020.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200902T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200902T193000
DTSTAMP:20200831T164547Z
CREATED:20200831T154721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200831T164547Z
UID:1700-1599073200-1599075000@woodstockfolkfestival.org
SUMMARY:Woodstock Wednesdays | Tim Grimm | Online Concerts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Woodstock Wednesdays! Woodstock Folk Festival is excited to bring high quality music to our community and to enjoy and support performers who have worked with us over the years. If you are not on our mailing list\, please sign up using the Mailing List signup in the right column of our website. \n\n\n\nThe Video premieres HERE at 7pm/CDT Wednesday\, September 2. It will remain in our Gallery after the show if you would like to see it again or share it with others. Tim’s songs will touch your heart. Watch Tim’s YouTube channel to see and hear more of Tim’s music including WOODY’S LANDLORD\, performed by “The Family Band”. \n\n\n\nFeatured Performer: Tim Grimm\n\n\n\nTim will also be performing at the Fox Valley Folklore Festival\, September 5 – 7. Tim will close the Saturday night Mainstage performance (at roughly 7:30 pm).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Grimm is a bit of a Renaissance man in the performing arts world. He has for the past 20 years\, blended his love for songwriting\, travel\, and the storytelling of acting (theatre\, film and television). \n\n\n\nTim’s most recent recording- HEART LAND AGAIN revisits a renowned collection of songs from 20 years ago…. A STRANGER IN THIS TIME (2017)\, is a collaboration with his wife\, Jan\,and sons Connor and Jackson– the “Family Band”. In the Fall of 2016 this same group recorded the single- WOODY’S LANDLORD– which was the #1 song on Folk Radio for the year. \n\n\n\nTim’s previous recording\, THE TURNING POINT\, produced the #1 song on Folk radio in 2014– KING OF THE FOLKSINGERS. It was a particularly gratifying honor\, given the song is a tribute to Tim’s friend and musical icon\, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. Tim’s history with Ramblin’ Jack goes back 30 years– beginning with a bicycle ride that led to The Newport Folk Festival…. Tim contributing liner notes to Jack’s Grammy winning album\, The South Coast (1995)… Jack’s recording Buffalo Skinners with Tim on Tim’s album\, Coyote’s Dream (2003)….and now\, most recently KING OF THE FOLKSINGERS.After college (Earlham)\, Grimm pursed an MFA in Theatre at The University of Michigan and from there worked in Regional Theatre\, settling in Chicago. In Chicago\, in addition to his theatre work\, he studied briefly at the Old Town School of Folk Music and began writing songs and performing. He put together a band\, Tim Grimm and The True Hearts and released 2 cds–True Heart\, Kind Mind and Broken Down Palace. \n\n\n\nAt that point\, “Hollywood called\,” and Tim put down his guitar and pen\, and didn’t really pick them up for close to 10 years. After several years (1990s) working in Los Angeles (where he co-starred for 2 seasons on the NBC drama Reasonable Doubts\, worked on Clear and Present Danger with Harrison Ford\,  and appeared in several films and tv projects)\, Tim returned home to Indiana.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim grew up in the woods and small town settings of southern Indiana\, son of schoolteachers and grandson of farmers\, and his return home was a conscious choice to live a life of significance rather than one of “success’.  He now lives with his wife on  80 acres close to where he grew up. \n\n\n\nTim’s songs are full of the rural rumblings that have shaped his life—rich with descriptive details\, and sung with warmth and intimacy—recognizing the inextinguishable national romance with the idea of the family farm and the vanishing landscape of rural America.  He released the album\, HEART LAND in 2000\, and on the strength of that recording\, was named 2000’s “BEST DISCOVERY in Roots/Americana Music” by The Chicago Sun-Times. His albums COYOTES DREAM and NAMES\, led to his being named “2004 MALE ARTIST of The Year” by the Freeform American Roots DJs. \n\n\n\nHe has released 10 solo albums since 2000 (including the newest- THE TURNING POINT)\, and 2 collaborations- AMBER WAVES (with Jason Wilber) and WILDERNESS PLOTS. \n\n\n\nIn 2005\, Grimm was asked to compose music and act in a production of THE GRAPES OF WRATH at Indiana Repertory Theatre and Syracuse Stage in New York. His song from the play–THE PEOPLES HIGHWAY\, made it onto his next album\, THE BACK FIELDS\, which was subsequently named Americana Album of the Year by the Just Plain Folks Music Awards– the world’s largest independent music awards. \n\n\n\nIn 2007\, Grimm put together a concept cd with several of the Midwest’s finest songwriter’s— Krista Detor\, Carrie Newcomer\, Tom Roznowski\, and Michael White. The recording\, Wilderness Plots\, was drawn from the short stories of noted author\, Scott Russell Sanders\, and explored the settling of the American Wilderness in the Ohio River Valley Region between The Revolutionary War and The Civil War. Two PBS programs have explored Wilderness Plots– the first\, a documentary on the story and song\, and the second a full Wilderness Plots- In Concert (2012). Produced by WTIU in Bloomington\, IN\, both productions were nominated for EMMY AWARDS. Tim continued to write songs based on Sander’s writings and released the album\, WILDERNESS SONGS AND BAD MAN BALLADS in 2011. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim has worked with Inishfree Tours for the past several years\, bringing Americans\, Dutch and Germans to the Emerald Isle for 9 days and nights of music\, and day trips exploring 3 select Counties. Guests who have traveled with Tim encouraged him to lead groups elsewhere\, and this has led to the annual- Turning Point Tour of The Netherlands\, and and the creation of Beyond The Tartan Tours of Scotland. \n\n\n\nTim continues to be active in Regional Theatre as well– most recently in the Bicentennial production for this home state- FINDING HOME: Indiana at 200\, for which he wrote an album’s worth of music\, and appeared for 6 weeks onstage — as actor and with the Family Band. \n\n\n\n“I scheduled Tim so that we can help promote the virtual Fox Valley Festival on September 5 – 7 (Saturday\, Sunday\, and Monday). Please support Tim Grimm and the Fox Valley Festival. More info is at FVFS.org. It will be live streamed to Facebook and YouTube. Juel Ulven\, founder and director of the Fox Valley Festival was the recipient of our WFF “Woody” Award last year. Tim performed at our Woodstock Folk Festival in 2012. I have traveled with Tim to both the Netherlands and Scotland and his tours are outstanding.” ~~ Carol Obertubbesing\, Woodstock Folk Festival President \n\n\n\nDonations\n\n\n\nPlease visit timgrimm.com to purchase CDs and to learn about the amazing trips that will be scheduled by Tim at some future time. With gigs cancelled\, performers need your support. Your donations and purchases are a powerful way to thank Tim for creating this Woodstock Wednesdays video. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou may also donate to the Festival via the Donate Button at the top of the right column on every page of this website. \n\n\n\nWe know you will enjoy Tim’s show! \n\n\n\nWe know you will enjoy the Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival on September 5\, 6\, and 7. Tim Grimm will be performing. Other FVFS (Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling) performers that have performed at the Woodstock Folk Festival or concert include Scott Ainslie\, February Sky\, Reggie Harris\, Sarah McQuaid\, Lee Murdock\, Claudia Schmidt\, Trillium\, and Jack Williams. Be sure to check back on the fvfs.org site to find the schedule which will be posted in coming days at fvfs.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
URL:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/event/woodstock-wednesdays-tim-grimm-online-concerts/
CATEGORIES:Online,Woodstock Wednesdays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/TIM-GRIMM-PHOTO-GALLERY-SEP-2020.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200826T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200826T193000
DTSTAMP:20200831T164653Z
CREATED:20200807T183404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200831T164653Z
UID:1443-1598468400-1598470200@woodstockfolkfestival.org
SUMMARY:Woodstock Wednesdays | Tret Fure
DESCRIPTION:Woodstock Wednesdays | Tret Fure\n\n\nArt by Mary Sherman\n\nJoin us weekly for Woodstock Wednesdays! Woodstock Folk Festival is excited to bring high quality music to our community and to enjoy and support performers who have worked with us over the years. If you are not on our mailing list\, please sign up using the Mailing List signup in the right column of our website. \n\nThe Video premieres HERE at 7pm/CDT Wednesday\, August 26. It will remain in our Gallery after the show if you would like to see it again or share it with others. Tret’s video is part of our celebration of the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in the U.S \n\nFeatured Performer: Tret Fure\n\n\n\nTret Fure played at the Woodstock Folk Festival’s 2015 International Women’s Day spring benefit concert and the 2016 Festival. She was featured in the All-Sing Finale of the Woodstock Folk Festival – Reimagined. \nTret began her career at the age of 16\, singing in coffeehouses and campuses in the Midwest. At 19\, she moved to LA in hopes of obtaining a record deal. Within a year she was performing as guitarist and vocalist for Spencer Davis\, touring with him and penning the single for his album Mousetrap. She went on to record her own album in 1973 on MCA/UNI Records\, with the late Lowell George of Little Feat as her producer. With the success of that release\, she opened for such bands as Yes\, Poco\, and the Geils Band. \nA prolific artist in the contemporary singer-songwriter arena\, Tret has released 16 albums and CDs over the course of her 48 year career. In addition to being a gifted songwriter\, she has engineered and produced countless recordings by a variety of artists\, including her own work. \nIn the early 80s\, Tret moved to the independent side of the industry discovering the blossoming genre known as Women’s Music. She recorded with and produced some of the best of women’s music including the legendary Meg & Cris at Carnegie Hall (1983). She worked as a duo with Cris Williamson throughout the 90s\, producing\, engineering and releasing 3 CDs together. \nNow after 8 acoustic releases on her own label\, Tomboy girl Records\, she has re-established herself in the folk world\, winning the South Florida Folk Festival Singer/Songwriter Competition in 2 out of 3 categories.\, Best Overall and Best Up-Tempo Song. as well as the prestigious Jane Schliessman Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women’s Music. In 2009\, Tret was voted Pride In The Arts Favorite Female/Lesbian Musician. In the same year she received the Janine C. Rae Award for her work in Women’s Music. She is also the #1 folk artist for Reverbnation in Newport News\, VA. In 2017\, Tret took 2nd place in the Musicians United to Protect Bristol Bay songwriting contest for her song The Fishermen of Bristol Bay. \nHer acclaimed solo releases include Tret Fure (1973)\, Terminal Hold (1984)\, Edges of the Hear (1986)\, Time Turns the Moon (1990)\, Back Home (2001) which took both album of the year and single of the year awards for 2001 from OutVoice Top 40\, My Shoes (2003) in which Sing Out! Magazine says\, “Fure’s new solo venture signals her intent to do more than just move on. This album soars…She has never sounded better…This mature effort surely ranks among Fure’s finest works and will be savored by old-time fans and new fans alike.” \nAnd there are more: Anytime Anywhere (2005) and True Compass (2007) both beautiful collections of songs of love and passion\, The Horizon (2010)\, A Piece of the Sky (2013) and Rembrandt Afternoons (2015) which was chosen by the acclaimed folk music show Midnight Special as their album of the week and was in heavy rotation on folk shows around the country. Her song Freedom has been arranged for chorale groups and is being performed widely around the country. \nNow Tret has released a stunning collection of songs on her latest release Roses in November (2018). Roses in November has been on the Folk DJ charts for the past 6 months. Her song Lessons From Home Plate was the #1 song in the month of June\, with the album at #4 and she was the #2 artist. In November\, the title song was #7. Wanda A. Fischer from WMAC Northeast Public Radio has this to say\, Roses in November is yet another masterpiece from Tret. Exceptionally crafted songs delivered with passion\, conviction and\, yes\, soul. Tret weaves magic both in the lyrics and between the lines. This will certainly be on my “Best of 2018” list. \n\n\n\nFure also markets of her own line of clothing named after her popular song Tomboy Girl. In addition\, Tret teaches guitar and songwriting individually and in workshop settings. She paints pet portraits on commission and\, an accomplished cook\, Fure has also published a cookbook\, Tret’s Kitchen\, featuring her own recipes. Along with bridging the marketing\, production\, music and art worlds\, Tret served for 6 years as President of Local 1000\, The Traveling Musicians Association–a union geared toward helping traveling musicians find security and longevity. \nTret is truly a Renaissance Woman! \n\nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
URL:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/event/woodstock-wednesdays-tret-fure/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Woodstock Wednesdays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/TRET-FURE-AUG-2020-GALLERY.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200819T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200819T193000
DTSTAMP:20200817T161629Z
CREATED:20200807T182251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200817T161629Z
UID:1441-1597863600-1597865400@woodstockfolkfestival.org
SUMMARY:Woodstock Wednesdays | Holly Near
DESCRIPTION:Holly Near | Woodstock Wednesdays | Premieres August 19\, 2020\, 7pm/CDT\nJoin the Woodstock Folk Festival weekly for Woodstock Wednesdays. We are excited to bring high quality music to our community and to enjoy and support performers who have worked with us over the years. If you are not on our maiing list\, please sign up using the Mailing List signup in the right column of our website. \nLearn more about Holly and see the show when it premieres HERE at 7pm/CDT Wednesday\, August 19. It will remain in our Gallery after the show if you would like to see it again or share with friends and family. Holly’s video is part of our celebration of the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in the U.S. \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
URL:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/event/woodstock-wednesdays-holly-near/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Woodstock Wednesdays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/HOLLY-NEAR-GALLERY.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200812T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200812T193000
DTSTAMP:20200808T163654Z
CREATED:20200806T225119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200808T163654Z
UID:1425-1597258800-1597260600@woodstockfolkfestival.org
SUMMARY:Woodstock Wednesdays | Donna Herula
DESCRIPTION:Join the Woodstock Folk Festival weekly for great music. We are excited to present Woodstock Wednesdays\, a way to bring high quality music to our community and to enjoy and support performers who have worked with us over the years. If you are not on our mailing list\, please sign up using the Mailing List signup in the right column of our website. \nYou can view the video HERE. The video will remain in our Gallery after the show if you would like to see it again or share with friends and family. \nFeatured Performer: Donna Herula\n\n\n\nDonna Herula performed at the Woodstock Folk Festival in 2013 with her husband\, Tony Nardiello. In 2018\, Donna performed with fellow “Slide Guitar Master” of Old Town School\, Chris Walz. The celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in the U.S. continues with Donna’s Woodstock Wednesdays performance of the music and history of women in the blues. \nDonna was born and raised on the northwest side of Chicago.  She began playing piano at age 5 and guitar at the age of 10.  In high school\, she wrote\, arranged\, sang and played an original blues song with the jazz band for a variety show and also played lead guitar in an all-girls’ band.  Donna received a music scholarship from her high school and studied jazz guitar and\, later\, classical guitar in college. \nInfluenced by slide guitar players Rory Block\, Johnny Winter\, Eric Sardinas\, and Bob Brozman\, Donna discovered the early blues musicians that inspired these players\, which included Son House\, Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. \nAt the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago\, Donna learned country and Delta Blues\, bottleneck slide guitar\, ragtime and Piedmont styles by listening to and copying licks from old blues recordings.  She also began collecting and learning music performed by women blues singers and/or guitar players such as Ma Rainey\, Bessie Smith\, Sippie Wallace and Memphis Minnie. \nDonna was the co-winner of the Chicago Blues Challenge\, solo/duo category two years in a row; in 2010 with harpist John Jochem and in 2011 with singer/songwriter\, Liz Mandeville; and with Liz\, also placed in the semi-finals at the 2012 International Blues Challenge in Memphis.  In addition\, Donna won the 2008 Illinois Central Blues Clubs blues challenge as a solo performer and competed in the IBCs in 2009. \nDonna was a semifinalist in the 2012 Yamaha Six String Theory international guitar competition.  She placed in the top 6 of the blues guitarist category among contestants from 58 countries. \nAn accomplished slide guitarist\, Donna headlined the 2014 Durban International Blues Festival in South Africa\, playing both solo acoustic blues and also with a band.  She has performed multiple times at the Chicago Blues Festival.  At the 2015 Chicago Blues Festival\, Donna performed a tribute (as a solo performer) to Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Johnny Shines for their centennial celebrations\, in 2013 in a duet with Tony Nardiello and in 2009\, she performed a tribute (as a solo performer) to slide guitar master Robert Nighthawk for his centennial celebration at the Chicago Blues Festival.  As a soloist\, she also performed as part of a Nighthawk symposium for the Delta Cultural Center in Helena\, Arkansas (Nighthawk’s hometown)\, and at the Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival (King Biscuit Blues Festival). \nIn May 2016\, Acoustic Guitar Magazine named Donna as one of the top 10 up and coming resonator guitar players in an article\, “Down and Dirty: 10 contemporary resonator players talk about their love for that nasty sound.”  On October 16th\, 2016\, she was inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame at Buddy Guy’s Legends. \nDonna is a regular performer at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago – having been the acoustic opener for Buddy Guy seven times – and has performed at the House of Blues Chicago as well as BB’s Jazz\, Blues and Soups in St. Louis\, MO. \nIn addition to playing traditional blues on National resonator guitars\, she had also played electric guitar as part of the Chicago Women in the Blues\, led by Joan Gand and now has her own band.  Other blues\, folk and music festivals that she has performed at as a soloist or in a duet include: the King Biscuit Blues Festival\, the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival\, The Juke Joint Festival\, the Woodstock Folk Festival\, the Bayfront Blues Festival\, CU Folk & Roots Festival\, Mother’s Best Music Festival (Helena\, AK)\, Blues by the Bay (East Tawas\, MI)\, Festival for the Eno (North Carolina)\, Alpena Blues Festival (Michigan)\, Old Town Blues Festival (Michigan)\, and the Portage Township Music Festival (Michigan). \nSince November 2015\, Donna has been teaching Acoustic Slide Guitar\, Fingerstyle\, and Electric Slide Guitar classes and individual lessons at the Old Town School of Folk Music\, in Chicago.  Donna has taught at Blues & Swing Week – Augusta Heritage Center in West Virginia. Donna also teaches individual students and has taught workshops on slide guitar\, blues fingerstyle and Delta Blues guitar at venues such as the Folk Alliance Region Midwest conference\, the Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival\, Mississippi Valley Blues Festival\, folk clubs\, and music stores.  She has given numerous educational performances at libraries in an acoustic duet with her husband\, singer\, guitarist and harmonica player\, Tony Nardiello. \nDonna has performed on a number of blues radio shows including seven times on King Biscuit Time\, with Sonny Payne\, legendary host and member of the blues hall of fame\, and on Delta Sounds both on www.KFFA.com radio in Helena\, GLT Blues Next in central Illinois\, WNUR in Evanston\, IL\, WDCB in Glen Ellyn\, and KUAF Radio in Fayetteville\, Arkansas. \nDonna’s second CD “The Moon Is Rising: Songs of Robert Nighthawk” was released in February 2011 and in September 2011\, placed #32 on the Roots Music Report for top Blues albums played on the radio.  Her CD was selected to represent the Illinois Central Blues Club in the Best Self-Produced CD Competition at the 2012 IBC.  The song\, “Crying Won’t Help You” was listed as song #13 on James “Skyy Dobro” Walker’s Top 50 Songs of 2011. \nIn 2012\, Donna’s slide guitar playing was featured on 3 tracks of Liz Mandeville’s CD\, Clarksdale http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lizmandeville1 as well as in Dutch blues film Cheesehead Blues: http://vimeo.com/58095701 which was released in 2015. \nIn October 2011\, Donna was nominated for the “Best Female Blues Performer” by the Chicago Black Music Awards. \nDonna is a featured artist on the National Reso-Phonic Guitars website. \nShe plays as a soloist as well as in a duet with various artists and also with her husband singer/guitarist/harpist\, Tony Nardiello. (See website page “Duets” for more information.) \nDonations\nPlease visit performer websites to purchase their CDs and other merchandise and to donate to them. With all their gigs cancelled\, they need your support. Your donations and purchases are a great way to thank Donna Herula for creating this Woodstock Wednesday video! https://donnaherula.com/ \nYou may also donate to the Festival via the Donate Button at the top of the right column on every page of this website. \nWe know you’ll enjoy the show! \n\n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
URL:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/event/woodstock-wednesdays-donna-herula-august-12-7pm-cdt/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Woodstock Wednesdays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DONNA-HERULA-GALLERY.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200805T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200805T200000
DTSTAMP:20200806T011931Z
CREATED:20200806T011931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200806T011931Z
UID:1423-1596654000-1596657600@woodstockfolkfestival.org
SUMMARY:Woodstock Wednesdays | Natalia Zukerman 
DESCRIPTION:Join the Woodstock Folk Festival weekly for great music. We are excited to present Woodstock Wednesdays\, a way to bring the best in Folk music to our community and to enjoy and support performers who have worked with us over the years. If you are not on our mailing list\, please sign up using the Mailing List signup in the right column of our website. \n\nThe video premieres HERE at 7pm/CDT Wednesday\, August 5. It will remain in our Gallery after the show if you would like to see it again or share with friends and family. \nFeatured Performer: Natalia Zukerman\nNatalia performed at our Woodstock Folk Festival in 2009 and is very involved in Women’s Music. She is kicking off our month-long celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage\, the third and final anniversary from our “Power of Song” concert. \n\n\n\nMusician\, painter and educator Natalia Zukerman grew up in New York City\, studied art at Oberlin\, started her mural business Off The Wall in San Francisco\, began her songwriting career in Boston\, and now resides\, writes\, plays\, teaches and paints in Brooklyn\, NY. Having released seven independent albums on Weasel Records and her own label Talisman Records\, Zukerman has toured internationally as a solo performer since 2005. \nHer music can be heard on the soundtrack of several seasons of The L Word and ABC Family’s Chasing Life. She also created the score for The Arch of Titus\, an independent film created for Yeshiva University and a Harvard online course called Poetry in America. \nThroughout her career as a touring musician\, she has accompanied and opened for some of acoustic music’s greats such as Janis Ian\, Willy Porter\, Susan Werner\, Erin McKeown\, Shawn Colvin\, Ani DiFranco\, Richard Thompson\, Tom Paxton\, Garnet Rogers and many others. \nAlongside her touring career\, Zukerman continues to paint private and public murals as well as illustrate children’s books\, design and paint sets for plays in New York City and paint private portrait commissions. In February\, 2017\, Natalia became a Cultural Diplomat for the US Department of State\, playing concerts and conducting workshops with her group The Northern Lights throughout Africa. \nNatalia teaches private songwriting lessons and has taught at Rocky Mountain Song School\, Sisters Song School\, Red Rocks Womens Music Festival\, Winnipeg Folk Festival\, Interlochen Summer Music Program and other festivals and locations throughout the US and in Canada. In May 2018\, she was the artist in residence at the cell theatre in New York City where she developed her multimedia one woman show\, The Women Who Rode Away. She has since released the soundtrack and accompanying book of the show and has toured throughout North America in support of that project. \n“…this is simply one of the most compelling and riveting events we have ever hosted on The Extended Play Sessions. It speaks of empowerment\, struggle\, tolerance\, perseverance and history and the timeliness of this project could not be more poignant. A woman\, seated alone on a stage\, paying tribute to women…with beauty\, style\, grace and a boatload of talent!” ~ Bill Hurley\, Producer\, The Extended Play Sessions \nTo watch two promo videos for The Women Who Rode Away go to nataliazukerman.com. Natalia’s poignant personal reflections\, music\, and art will move you! \n“Natalia’s voice could send an orchid into bloom while her guitar playing can open a beer bottle with its teeth.” ~ New Yorker \n“… a wise mix of rootsy styles from torch blues to country swing. If you’re a fan of Madeleine Peyroux\, Bonnie Raitt or even Amy Winehouse\, you’ll find stuff to connect with here.” ~ Philadelphia Daily News \nDonations\n\n\n\nPlease visit performer websites to purchase their CDs and other merchandise and to donate to them. With all their gigs cancelled\, they need your support. Your donations and purchases are a great way to thank Natalia Zukerman for creating this Woodstock Wednesday’s video! –nataliazukerman.com. You can purchase books and art work including pet paintings on Natalia’s site. \nYou may also donate to the Festival via the Donate Button at the top of the right column on every page of this website. \nWe hope you’ll enjoy the show! \n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
URL:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/event/woodstock-wednesdays-natalia-zukerman/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Woodstock Wednesdays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NATALIA-ZUKERMAN-GALLERY-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200729T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200729T193000
DTSTAMP:20200831T164859Z
CREATED:20200730T021630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200831T164859Z
UID:1348-1596049200-1596051000@woodstockfolkfestival.org
SUMMARY:Woodstock Wednesdays | Online Folk Music Concerts | Jack Williams | July 29\, 7pm/CDT
DESCRIPTION:Join the Woodstock Folk Festival weekly for great music. We are excited to present Woodstock Wednesdays\, a way to bring the best in folk music to our community and to enjoy and support performers who have worked with us over the years.\n\n\nThe video premieres HERE at 7pm/CDT Wednesday\, July 29. It will remain in our Gallery after the show. \n\nWe know you’ll want to get all the information about who’s performing and how to see the show. If you’re not on our mailing list\, please sign up using the Mailing List signup in the right column of our website. \nFeatured Performer: Jack Williams\n\n\n\nJack Williams will perform at the virtual Fox Valley Folk Festival over Labor Day weekend. You can find more information at foxvalleyfolk.com. \nJack played at the July 16\, 2000 Woodstock Folk Festival. He was so popular that he was invited back to do a guitar workshop and concert. Off Square Music booked Jack to perform in August\, 2018. We look forward to a time when we can see and hear Jack in person. \nJack Williams\, a South Carolina-born artist\, is celebrated by the contemporary U.S. folk community as a singer/songwriter of national stature and an uncommonly unique guitarist whom Sing Out! Magazine describes as “one of the strongest guitarists in contemporary folk.”  \nUntil COVID-19\, Jack had continued to tour the U.S. constantly out of the sheer love of music and performing. Williams has added extremely successful tours of England\, Scotland\, Switzerland\, Germany\, Liechtenstein\, France and Austria to his list of recent performances at festivals\, house concerts and major folk venues. A featured performer on the Philadelphia and Kerrville (TX) main stages\, Jack has also appeared on the New Bedford (MA) Summerfest and Boston Folk Festival stages. \nIn addition to his successful solo career\, Jack’s credits include guitar work with legendary singer/songwriters Mickey Newbury\, Harry Nilsson\, Tom Paxton\, Peter Yarrow\, and Steve Gillette\, among others. He currently has a DVD (High Cotton) and seven CDs of original songs on Wind River / Folk Era Records: “Bound for Glory – Live\,” “Laughing in the Face of the Blues\,” “WALKIN’ DREAMS\,” “LIVE & In Good Company\,” “Eternity & Main\,” “Across the Winterline\,” and “Dreams of the Song Dog.” His CD “Don’t Let Go” is a collection of cover songs reflecting the major influences on his musical development. \nWilliams’ music is born at the meeting ground of the traditional and the contemporary – original Southern-American songwriting and performance at its best\, drawing deeply from the eclectic well of our musical heritage. Jack’s fusion of guitar\, voice and songs – which are loaded with delightful influences from his career in jazz\, classical\, rock\, blues\, country and folk – should not be missed. \n“…[Jack Williams’] artistry… is nothing short of amazing. Dazzling picking\, expressive voice\, unique and interesting songs.” ~ Rich Warren\, WFMT “Midnight Special” \n“…soulful singer and a superb guitarist…” ~ Dick Weissman\, Folk Musician\, in his book “Which Side Are You On” \nAnd legendary singer/songwriter\, Mickey Newbury added\,\n“Jack and his music are an American treasure.” \nFor further information\, please see Jack’s website at www. JackWilliamsMusic.com \nDonations\nPlease visit performer websites to purchase their CDs and other merchandise and to donate to them. With all their gigs cancelled\, they need your support. Your donations and purchases are a great way to thank Jack Williams for creating this Woodstock Wednesdays video! –www. JackWilliamsMusic.com. You can also go directly to Jack’s donation sites: \n“Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/jackwilliams. You can make a recurring donation of any amount you choose\, down to $1 per month\, to help Jack continue to make music. Thank you\, your help is greatly appreciated. \n“If you are struggling through this time\, please don’t feel pressured to donate – your friendship and support are all we need. But if you are able and would like to help out\, you can also donate through PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/jackwilliamsmusic. If that link doesn’t work for you\, go to your account at paypal.com and send money to jack@jackwilliamsmusic.com. \nYou may also donate to the Festival via the Donate Button at the top of the right column on every page of this website. \nWe hope you’ll enjoy the show! \n\nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
URL:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/event/woodstock-wednesdays-online-folk-music-concerts-jack-williams-july-29-7pm-cdt/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Woodstock Wednesdays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/JACK-WILLIAMS-FEATURE-PHOTO-CROPPED.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200722T193000
DTSTAMP:20200721T211944Z
CREATED:20200717T215428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200721T211944Z
UID:1126-1595444400-1595446200@woodstockfolkfestival.org
SUMMARY:Woodstock Wednesdays | Online Folk Music Concerts | Meghan Cary | July 22\, 7pm/CDT
DESCRIPTION:Join the Woodstock Folk Festival weekly for great music. We are excited to present Woodstock Wednesdays\, a way to bring the best in folk music to our community and to enjoy and support performers who have worked with us over the years. \nHere’s the link for the video: https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/aiovg_videos/meghan-cary-woodstock-wednesdays-premieres-july-22-2020-7pm-cdt/. The video will remain in our Gallery after the show. \nWe know you’ll want to get all the information about who’s performing and how to see the show. If you’re not on our mailing list\, please sign up using the Mailing List signup in the right column of our website. \nFeaturing Meghan Cary\n\n\n\nWith masterful storytelling and award-winning songs\, Cary engages audiences on a powerfully personal level\, inviting them in and leading them through an experience that has been called healing\, inspiring and outrageously joyful. A frequent performer at such venerable festivals as Philadelphia Folk Festival\, Spring Gulch\, Huntington\, DelMarVa Folk Festival\, and music venues around the country\, Cary’s message of unity and the power of raising our voices together infuses every show\, and her song\, “Sing Louder”\, has become an anthem for the music-loving community. Her smoky voice\, emotional singing\, and vulnerable writing garner favorable comparisons to Melissa Etheridge\, Brandi Carlisle\, and even Bruce Springsteen. \nAlso\, be sure to check out the River Rock Project\, an independent project by singer/songwriter activist Meghan Cary. Fueled by the desire to film and share Cary’s empowerment anthem\, River Rock\, and inspired by the compelling story of the Justice Bell and the women who employed this powerful symbol in the fight for women’s right to vote\, The River Rock Project shines a spotlight on women who fought for equality throughout history and gives voice to women who are continuing that fight today. Meghan’s engagement with the history of women’s suffrage makes her a perfect lead-in to our month long celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in the U.S. next month. \nMeghan Cary will open the 2021 Woodstock Folk Festival\nWhat people are saying about Meghan. \n“These times require songs of compassion and commitment which inspire us to reach our higher selves and Meghan sings them with such infectious joy you can’t resist joining in.” \n— John Platt\, WFUV 90.7 FM \n“Can the world stand one more storytelling troubadour? If the artist in question is Cary\, the answer is resounding yes. Seek this one out.” \n— Billboard Magazine \n“Meghan Cary\, with indefatigable energy\, molds every song with sophisticated melodies and intriguing lyrics. “Sing Louder” delivers hard-won\, uplifting realizations from life’s struggles. ” – Richard Cuccaro \n— Acoustic Live NYC \nDonations\nPlease visit performer websites to purchase their CDs and other merchandise and to donate to them. With all their gigs cancelled\, they need your support. Your donations and purchases are a great way to thank Meghan Cary for creating this Woodstock Wednesdays video! – https://meghancary.com/ \nYou may also donate to the Festival via the Donate Button at the top of the right column on every page of this website. \nWe know you’ll enjoy the show! \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
URL:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/event/woodstock-wednesdays-online-folk-music-concerts-meghan-cary-july-22-7pm-cdt/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Woodstock Wednesdays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Meghan-Cary-video-image-july-2020.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200715T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200715T193000
DTSTAMP:20200713T014606Z
CREATED:20200710T205119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200713T014606Z
UID:1053-1594839600-1594841400@woodstockfolkfestival.org
SUMMARY:Woodstock Wednesdays | Online Folk Music Concerts | Joann & Lee Murdock | July 15\, 7pm/CDT
DESCRIPTION:Join the Woodstock Folk Festival weekly for great music\, fun and friends. We are excited to present Woodstock Wednesdays\, a way to bring the best in folk music to our community and to enjoy and support performers who have worked with us over the years.\n\nHere’s where to enjoy the show when it premieres at 7pm/CDT: https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/aiovg_videos/joann-and-lee-murdock/. The video will remain in our Gallery after the show.\n\nWe know you’ll want to get all the information about who’s performing and how to see the show. If you’re not on our mailing list\, please sign up using the Mailing List signup in the right column of our website.\nFeaturing Lee Murdock\n\n\n\nLee Murdock has uncovered a boundless body of music and stories in the Great Lakes. Taking snapshots from history\, his songs summon the listener to take a front-row seat\, to look through the eyes and into the hearts of individuals who have shaped our heritage on and around the Great Lakes. His concerts invoke a sense of place\, but it is a universal place\, and a timeless repertoire that celebrates the North American people\, their triumphs and tragedies\, work songs and pastimes.\nNoted as a fluent instrumentalist on six and twelve string guitars\, Murdock combines ragtime\, Irish\, blues and folk styles with this flair for storytelling in songs. His musical influences span fifteen generations\, and combine original compositions with traditional music.\nThere is an amazing timelessness in this music. Great Lakes songs are made of hard word\, hard living\, ships that go down and ships that come in.\n“I’m interested in trying to find the life in these songs; in making music that’s exciting to people today. I am looking for the songs and the interesting stories\, not only for the people who already enjoy folk music\, but for those who think they don’t like folk music.” Lee Murdock\nLee and Joann Murdock were the recipients of the 2011 Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.\nJoann Murdock founded the booking agency\, Artists of Note\, in 1984\, and for more than three decades she has been a dedicated and full-time supporter of the folk arts. In addition to the agency\, Joann is a founding member and former Treasurer/Board Member of the Folk Alliance International\, and she volunteers her time for many other organizations dedicated to folk music. Not a music maker\, Joann plays the computer keyboards and in her spare time she works at fiber arts.\nWhat people are saying about Lee.\n“ … bringing a fresh musical sound to the Great Lakes. Not only is he a recording artist\, he’s a historian … he has given the Great Lakes the limelight using authentic Great Lakes source material\, of the past and the present\, as the basis for his music.”— Richard Palmer\, in Inland Seas\, the Quarterly Journal of the Great Lakes Historical Society (Toledo OH)\n“The premier interpreter of songs and tales about the Great Lakes … Murdock’s regionalist approach does the area proud.”— Paul-Emile Comeau\, Dirty Linen Magazine\n“Your program was our highest attended program or event to date. Our patrons have been raving about your concert! Songs of the great Lakes was entertaining\, educational and pure joy!”— St Charles IL Public Library\nDonations\nPlease visit performer websites to purchase their CDs and other merchandise and to donate to them. With all their gigs cancelled\, they need your support. Your donations and purchases are a great way to thank Lee and Joann for creating this Woodstock Wednesdays video! – http://leemurdock.com/\nYou may also donate to the Festival via the Donate Button at the top of the right column on every page of this website.\nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
URL:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/event/woodstock-wednesdays-online-folk-music-concerts-lee-murdock-july-15-7pm-cdt/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Woodstock Wednesdays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/LEE-MURDOCK-PHOTO-SIZED-CORRECTLY-FOR-FEATURE-JULY-2020-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200708T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200708T193000
DTSTAMP:20200707T011200Z
CREATED:20200707T011027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200707T011200Z
UID:1011-1594234800-1594236600@woodstockfolkfestival.org
SUMMARY:Woodstock Wednesdays This Week: Amy Beth 
DESCRIPTION:Join the Woodstock Folk Festival weekly for great music\, fun and friends. We are excited to present Woodstock Wednesdays\, a way to bring the best in folk music to our community and to enjoy and support performers who have worked with us over the years.\n\nThis week’s show premieres Wednesday\, July 8 at 7pm/CDT. Click here to enjoy the concert when it premieres this Wednesday at 7:00pm/CDT. The video will remain in our Gallery after the show. \nWe know you’ll want to get all the information about who’s performing and how to see the show. If you’re not on our mailing list\, please sign up using the Mailing List signup in the right column of our website. \nFeaturing Amy Beth\nWoodstock’s own lady of story and song\, Amy Beth\, is always doing something to bring people together to share music or reflect on life’s meaning and purpose. An accomplished instrumentalist\, singer\, teacher\, and storyteller\, Amy will make you feel good about being alive. \nIn 1986 Amy Beth founded the annual Woodstock Folk Festival and was the President of the Board of Directors and served as Artistic Director until she retired in 2002. In 2005 she was presented with its fourth annual Lifetime Achievement Award. \nOver the years she has learned to play violin/fiddle\, clawhammer style 5-string banjo\, autoharp\, fretless banjo\, cello\, ukulele\, flute\, and mandolin. Her repertoire has grown to an impressive number of songs—both serious and humorous—and tunes. \nAmy plays violin in the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra\, and has served on its Board of Directors from 2008 to the present. Amy is a member of the Kishwaukee Ramblers\, a trio that plays traditional American and Celtic folk music\, children’s songs\, and instrumentals. She also performs with the Merrie UkuLadies group. \nWhat people are saying about Amy. \n“Amy’s music and stories have graced McHenry County for years. Her humor\, environmental consciousness and talent are sure to entertain you.” ~ Jerry Paulson\, McHenry County Defenders \n“Amy has a clear vocal style and presents a wide variety of music including folk\, country\, old timey and contemporary humor. She plays guitar\, clawhammer banjo\, autoharp\, fiddle\, Appalachian dulcimer\, mandolin\, bones and percussion. Amy provides individual instruction on many of these instruments.” ~ Woodstock Folk Festival \n“She makes it look easy. That takes hard work\, …but that’s Amy for you.” ~ Christopher Shaw \nMore About Amy Beth’s Activities\nAmy holds a regular monthly event on the 3rd Friday of every month. To find out more about Amy Beth’s many musical activities and check out her schedule including Amy Beth and Friends\, be sure to visit her website – (http://woodstockfolkmusic.com/amybeth/) \nWe look forward to having you join us at this week’s Woodstock Wednesdays show. \nDonations\nPlease visit performer websites to purchase their CDs and other merchandise and to donate to them. With all their gigs cancelled\, they need your support. You may also donate to the Festival via the Donate Button at the top of the right column on every page of this website. \n\nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
URL:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/event/woodstock-wednesdays-this-week-amy-beth/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online,Woodstock Wednesdays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Gallery-In-The-Garden_YouTube.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR